SUMMER TERM WEEK 3 FRIDAY 9 MAY 2014 Reception—

SUMMER TERM WEEK 3 FRIDAY 9 MAY 2014
WHELDRAKE WITH THORGANBY
GAZETTE
Fundraising in memory of Oscar and brain tumour research
STAR OF THE WEEK
Firstly, a huge thank you for all the very generous Reception— Kirsten Carter for some super work
with numbers - doubling and halving this week. Well
people who supported our toy sale on Tuesday
done!
which was raising money for brain tumour research in children in memory of Oscar Hughes.
Reception— Austin Park for trying hard with all his
Thank you for the donations of items to sell and
work this week.
the delicious cakes. The children in year 3 and
Class 1— Ellie Ward for excellent work finding patyear 5 were fantastic, organising the day themterns in number sequences.
selves.
The toy sale raised a massive £445 and counting. Class 1— Theo Roberts for excellent work finding
As you know, we raised £106.79 last week at the patterns in number sequences.
music concert and the non uniform day today has Class 2— Madeleine Galvin for writing a fantastic
raised £217.10.
riddle that included correct punctuation, interesting deA very generous person donated a used Xbox360 tail and fantastic clues. Well done.
for us to sell and we have decided to do this in
Class 2— Evan Botterill for being consistently en‘Wheldrake ebay’ style with a silent auction.
thusiastic, hardworking , friendly, polite and helpful.
Please see on the back page, what the auction
Evan is a true star and a fantastic year 2.
includes. If you wish to make a bid for it please fill
in the slip and hand it into the school office by the Class 3— Ruby Jackson for trying really hard to
end of school on Monday 12th May. We will get in improve her presentation in all aspects of her work.
touch with the highest successful bidder on Tues- Keep it up!
day.
Class 3— Isaac Howson for his great work in maths
Pedestrian Training– Class 3
On Thursday year 3 did pedestrian training. We
were put in groups and learnt to cross the road
near the parked cars. We were told to stop, look
and listen, to watch where we were going, and to
always cross the road in a straight line. We learnt
that the ‘bumpy bits’ at the end of the path by the
road were there to help blind people cross the
road. Even though it was raining we really enjoyed the pedestrian training! Matilda Pickering
Cricket at Dunnington
both ordering and comparing numbers, and rounding
to the nearest 10 and 100.
Class 4— Reuben Kriehn for his extra effort rewriting and editing his animation script. Without his
help his group wouldn’t have finished.
Class 4— Joe Plevey for his outstanding performance at the Kwik Cricket Festival. Well done!
Class 5— Andrew Murtagh for his amazing string of
catches when playing non-stop cricket.
Class 5— Abby Botterill for the methodical manner
in which she tackled a range of data handling quesOn Tuesday we went to Dunnington Cricket Club. tions. Her careful working ensured that she got them
We were all very excited because it was our first all right.
ever Kwik Cricket Tournament. When we got
Class 6— Anna Marshall for her exceptional perforthere we did a one minute silence for Oscar.
mance in mental maths. Anna’s determination to sucThen the tournament began! Worried but excited
ceed is phenomenal!
we stepped on to the pitch. In the first match we
Class 6— Maia White for her outstanding progress
played Dunnington (they are more than 12 time
winners!). Smashing them all over the place we
in reading comprehension. Maia should enter next
were eager to find out the results. Our second
week’s SATs full of confidence!
match was against Fishergate. We annihilated
them with an impressive 194 runs to -14 points
and they only ran once. At the end of the Tournament we came second by only 3 runs. Mr. Thomas was very proud of us!
Emily and Asa
HOUSE OF THE WEEK =
Term dates
Term dates attached. More information on specific events will be sent separately.
Assessment Week
Next week is the Year 6 SATs week. These are the statutory tests that Year 6 have to sit. The
children have worked really hard and are well prepared. Hopefully they will get plenty of sleep
and will remember to bring a bottle of water with them to help their brains keep hydrated. It will
be great when the week is over!
Year 2 children have papers which they undertake over a few weeks. These are marked internally and the results are merely used to inform our teacher assessment.
Years 3– 5 children will undertake optional SATs papers and again, these are just used to form
part of the picture of where the pupils in the core subjects.
Cake Sales
Year 6 cake sale is after school today– do come along for a treat to start the weekend.
Year 5 cake sale is after school next Friday (16th)
St Helen’s, Wheldrake
Sunday 11th May—5.00 p.m. Lounge Service
Wednesday 14th May— 9.30 a.m. Healing Prayer Fellowship
Friday 16th May—4.00 p.m. Friday Club - 7.00 p.m. Choir Practice
St. Helen’s, Thorganby
Sunday 11th May—10.30 a.m. Communion
Wheldrake with Thorganby School PTA
Money for nothing - a school gift for free!
Raise money for school - by shopping!!!
Dear Parents,
Yes, that’s right. By visiting your usual online stores, such as Amazon, Your M&S and John Lewis, via The Giving Machine, you will earn cash for school.
It’s not too late to help school benefit. The PTA’s registered school with
www.thegivingmachine.co.uk through which every online transaction generates a free donation.
TheGivingMachine passes on a sales commission as a free donation to a chosen charity each
time you shop at one of their affiliated online stores.
Just enter the store’s website through the TheGivingMachine and shop normally. It doesn't cost
extra - and you don't have to buy anything extra.
Hundreds of schools are raising hundreds of pounds a year.
It really is money for nothing
Shops are in the scheme includeTesco, Sainsbury’s, Argos, John Lewis, Next and eBay.
So how does it work? Typically, an online shop will be donating 3-4% of the total sale price. So, if
a giver bought an item at £100 via a link on TheGivingMachine, an expected £3.75 donation
would be generated. Specific donation amounts are shown next to each shop. Getting started is simple:
Go to www.thegivingmachine.co.uk and register, selecting Wheldrake with Thorganby School
PTA as beneficiary.
Using the search bar, go to your chosen shop.
Buy your goods, raising money for school in the process. Simple!
Please ask your family and friends to join too
Many thanks and happy shopping.
The PTA
XBOX 360 SILENT AUCTION IN MEMORY OF OSCAR HUGHES AND BRAIN
TUMOUR RESEARCH
XBOX 360 WITH KINECT includes
all basic standard leaders
2 x controllers
2 x charge and play sets
standard head piece and microphone
standard hard drive
ALSO INCLUDED
Kinect adventures
Test drive unlimited
Fusion frenzy 2
Forza motorsport
Football manager 2008
Pro evolution soccer 6
Lego star wars II
Fifa 13
Child of Eden
3
3+
7+
3
3+
3+
KINECT
XBOX LIVE
XBOX LIVE
XBOX LIVE
XBOX LIVE
XBOX LIVE
XBOX LIVE (no box)
3
7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------I would like to bid for the used XBOX 360 with KINECT
My bid is __________________________
Name ______________________________
Contact number ______________________
Please return slip by the end of school on Monday 12th May